Reversible cuff.



N. P. SHULIN.

REVERSIBLE CUFF.

APPLICATION rum) APILIZ, 1910,

1 ,020, 3 1 8, Patented Mar. 12, 1912.

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REVERSIBLE CUFF.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed April 12, 1910.

Patented Mar. 12, 1912.

Serial No. 554,998.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, NEAL P. SHULIN, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Butte, in the county of Silver-bow and State of Montana, have invented a new and Improved Reversible Cuff, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to an improvement in garments, and particularly to means for reversing the lower edges of the legs or sleeves of garments to produce a turn-up or cuff effect, and also to produce a turn-down or normal effect.

An object of this invention is to provide a garment which shall have the bottom portion thereof present the same external surface and neatly bound edges when turned up on the exterior thereof, as well as when in their plain, turn-down condition.

A further object of this invention is to provide a reversible cuff which will be simple in construction, inexpensive to manufacture, easily reversed, and normally protected from being soiled.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views, and in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view, showing the legs of the trousers in their turn-down or normal position; Fig. 2 is a perspective View illustrating the trousers turned up to form a cuff Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional view through one of the legs of the trousers, with the parts in the position illustrated in Fig. 1; and Fig. 4 is a vertical sectional view showing the parts in theposition illustrated in Fig. 2.

Referring more particularly to the separate parts of the garment, 1 indicates one of the legs of a pair of trousers, which is so formed at its lower edge that it can be made to present a smooth exterior, or reversed to form a turn-up or cuff. It will be noted by reference to Fig. 3, that the material of the trousers extends down to the bottom edge, where it is bent back on itself to form a crease line 2, which forms the lower edge of the trousers when the same are in their plain turn-down condition. The material extends upwardly within the trousers (still referring to Fig. 3) for a suitable distance to form a layer 3, which is turned back on it self in an outward direction along a crease line 4, whereby the layer 5 thus turned back I forms, with the layer 3 a plait or plicature G The layer 5 is secured to the outer body of the trousers leg 1 by any suitable means, such as a row of stitching 7 adjacent to a crease line 8, along which the layer is adapted to fold, and extends upwardly along the inner side of the trousers leg 1 to form a layer 9.

It will be noted by reference to Figs. 3 and 4, that the distance between the crease line 4 and the crease line 8 is substantially equal to the distance between the crease line 2 and a crease line 10 in the outer layer of material of the leg 1, so that when the parts are reversed from the position illustrated in Fig. 3 to the position illustrated in Fig. 4, the crease line 4 will assume the position previously occupied by the crease line 2, thus forming the bottom edge of the trousers leg. It will be noted that the inwardly-extending surface of the layer 3, when reversed to the cuff form illustrated in Figs. 2 and 4, will become the outer surface of the cuff, and will be exposed to view. In order that this surface may not be soiled by contact with the shoe, 1 provide at protecting sleeve 11, which may be formed of a separate piece of material secured to the inner side of the leg 1 by any suitable means, but I show it formed as integral with, and as an extension of, the trousers leg and cuff. W'hen constructed in this manner, the layer 9 is secured at 12 in any suitable manner, to the body of the trousers leg 1, and is folded line 13, to form the protecting sleeve 11. In order that the lower edge of the protector 11 may form a proper wearing surface to engage the shoe, itis turned back on itself to form a fold 14. It will be seen by reference to Figs. 3 and 4 that what really happens is that, in the position shown in Fig. 3, a cuff is formed within the trousers leg, and in the reverse position, shown in Fig. 4, the cuff is'formed without the trousers leg, the material being alternately creased and straightened out along the crease lines 8 and 10.

It will be noted that the depths of the plaits extending in either direction from the point of reversal, when in the cuff position, are equal. The purpose of this is to permit either one to be reversed and occupy a position substantially the same as the other, without changing the length of the trousers as a whole.

downwardly and inwardly along a crease It will thus be seen that there are illustrated two forms of a garment, which embodies in a simple and inexpensive manner, two styles; that is to say, one with cuffs and the other Without cuffs.

While I have shown but one embodiment of my invention I do not wish to be limited to the specific details thereof, butdesire to be protected in various changes, modifications and alterations which may come Within the scope of the appended claim. For example, I may applythe same structure to the sleeves of a coat if it is desired to change the style of the coat from one having cuffs to one not having cufi's.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent y A trousers leg, comprising an outer layer Copies of this patent may be obtained forfive cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents of material, a second layer folded along a crease line to form a plait with said outer layer, a third layer folded along a crease line to form a plaitwith said second layer, means for securing said third layer to said outer mediate said crease lines, a fourth layer divided from said third layer by a crease line and folded back parallel to said outer layer, and a protecting layer formed integral with said fourth layer and adapted to protect said second layer.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

NEAL P. SHULIN.

Witnesses:

CHARLES MACK, JOHN A. SMITH.

Washington, D. G. 

